capability.
The power or ability to generate an outcome.
Meaning & usage
The power or ability to generate an outcome.
A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
A file descriptor can be considered a capability that can only be leveraged using the appropriate system calls, passing it as an argument.
Where this word comes from
Formed in Modern English as capable + -ity.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.